Margarornis rubiginosus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The ruddy treerunner (Margarornis rubiginosus) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The ruddy treerunner is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 17 to 24 g (0.60 to 0.85 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a buffy whitish supercilium and eyering on an otherwise dull rufescent brown face. Their crown is dull reddish brown and they have a narrow, paler reddish, collar. Their upperparts and wing coverts are reddish chestnut. Their flight feathers are dark fuscous with rufescent edges. Their tail is a slightly paler reddish chestnut than the back; the ends of the tail feathers lack barbs, giving a spiny appearance. Their throat is whitish with a buffy white lower edge. Their breast is dull rufescent brown with pale buff "Vees" on its upper part and darker buff spots on the lower. Their belly is almost unmarked dull rufescent brown and their flanks and undertail coverts are a darker chestnut... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Treerunner sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 380 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th most-seen of the 505 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Treerunner in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against about 10% in December to October, the lowest months. That is one of Braulio Carrillo National Park's wettest months, with about 550 mm of rain against 170 mm in April.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ruddy Treerunner sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Ruddy Treerunner sightings, Braulio Carrillo National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 20%).
Same family: Furnariidae
The closest relatives of the Ruddy Treerunner that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Furnariidae, Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) are Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (about 30%), Streak-headed Woodcreeper (about 20%) and Cocoa Woodcreeper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ruddy Treerunner is recorded against all the birds logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (380 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
